Now, when you see him," said Monsieur Hochon to Agathe, "you must speak plainly to him about his nephews." The letter was carried over by Gritte, who returned ten minutes later to render an account to her masters of all that she had seen and heard, according to a settled provincial custom.
"Since yesterday Madame has had the whole house cleaned up, which she left--" "Whom do you mean by Madame ?" asked old Hochon.
"That's what they call the Rabouilleuse over there," answered Gritte.
"She left the salon and all Monsieur Rouget's part of the house in a pitiable state; but since yesterday the rooms have been made to look like what they were before Monsieur Maxence went to live there.

You can see your face on the floors.

La Vedie told me that Kouski went off on horseback at five o'clock this morning, and came back at nine, bringing provisions.

It is going to be a grand dinner!--a dinner fit for the archbishop of Bourges! There's a fine bustle in the kitchen, and they are as busy as bees.

The old man says, 'I want to do honor to my nephew,' and he pokes his nose into everything.